The Good Enough Mother

Anoushka Beazley, TA Psychotherapist and Group Therapist, recommends:

The Good Enough Mother by Anoushka Beazley

“When my father died a part of me did too. A friend recommended I write. What a thing to say to a writer, which I told her, and then I told her I had nothing to say. Turns out I was wrong and as the novel poured out of me I started to return to my life. It was a creative and important part of learning how to love myself in the darkness of grief where it felt like nothing mattered, least of all me. It’s also a funny novel, when you least expect it. 

The Blurb:

In the affluent town of Gatlin—full of Chelsea tractors and ladies who lunch—all is not as it seems. Drea, a self-described “unnatural mother,” is struggling to afford private school fees for her stepdaughter Ava after being abandoned by her boyfriend. Surrounded by polished “yummy mummies,” Drea becomes inspired and hatches a bold, criminal plan that unleashes havoc in the quiet community. As she navigates the fallout and the wrath of the PTA, the story explores themes of love, motherhood, and the human condition with biting wit and dark humour.